Xbox Live Gold Price increasing November 1

Xbox Live Gold price increasing November 1 in US, UK, Canada, and Mexico
by Nilay Patel



Well, this is sad and unexpected: Microsoft's Major Nelson just announced that Xbox Live Gold will be getting more expensive in the US, UK, Canada, and Mexico starting November 1. A single month will go from $7.99 to $9.99, three months will go from $19.99 to $24.99, and the yearly sub will now be $59.99, up from $49.99. Yes, it's super lame, but to make up for it Microsoft's running a quickie "lock in" promo for a discounted $40 one-year Gold sub starting November 1 -- a nice deal if your subscription is set to expire around then, we suppose. We're definitely wondering why Microsoft is jacking Live prices right before launching Kinect and the gaming-focused Windows Phone 7, though -- we've heard theories ranging from an attempt to increase Entertainment and Devices revenue to a simple inflation adjustment. We'll poke around -- and we're guessing there's about to be a run on Gold upgrade cards.

SOURCE Major Nelson, Xbox Live Price Look

who in there right mind would paid this much for xbox live really

and this is one of the many reasons why i don't have an xbox and stick to psn. Although i just dropped $50 on the PSN plus account, that seems like a rip off so far.. good deals here and there but nothing to wow about for $50 a year.. which is still less than xbox live a year.

Price increase sucks but MS knows its subscribers will still pay it. We've payed 10$ more a game after each console generation anyways. I own both ps3 and 360, I am a sony fanboy at heart though lol. But PSN is way behind XBL when it comes to features.

i don't see why paid a bandwidth cable bill and xbox live bill that be like going on internet then paiding to use goggle who in fking right mind would do that but that just my opinion